After conducting a thorough search, it appears that very few individuals are taking this important element into consideration. I currently have a chat interface set up with a div element containing a ul, which then houses li elements that contain p elements.
Below is the HTML code for reference:
.chatRight {
background-color: lightgrey;
font-size: 30px;
padding: 5px;
border-radius: 6px;
max-width: 50%;
word-wrap: break-word;
text-align: right;
margin-left: auto;
display: table;
}
.chatLeft {
background-color: aqua;
font-size: 40px;
padding: 5px;
border-radius: 6px;
max-width: 60%;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
.chatBoxRight {
text-align: right;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
.chatBoxLeft {
text-align: left;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
#chatList {
width: calc(100% - 80px);
list-style-type: none;
max-width: calc(100% - 80px);
}
#chatList li {
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}<div id="chatContainer">
<ul id="chatList">
<li class="chatBoxLeft">
<p class="chatLeft">Hello there!</p>
</li>
<li class="chatBoxRight">
<p class="chatRight">Good day</p>
</li>
<li class="chatBoxLeft">
<p class="chatLeft">How do you do?</p>
</li>
<li class="chatBoxRight">
<p class="chatRight">hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>
</li>
<li class="chatBoxRight">
<p class="chatRight">aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>The issue at hand is the overflowing content, where everything looks fine except for the extended "aaa..." text causing the rounded container to overflow. This problem highlights an issue not only with the excessive text but also with the max-width property not functioning as expected in certain scenarios.
(Just for demonstration purposes, I included the display:table for the right-box paragraph elements).
I appreciate any assistance or suggestions you can provide regarding this matter.